Can service quality predict customer satisfaction and behavioral intentions in the sport tourism industry? An application of the servqual model in an outdoors setting

Journal of Sport and Tourism

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-111

  Kouthouris, Charilaos ^a   Alexandris, Konstantinos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Outdoors; Service Quality; Sport Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746329752     PISSN: 14775085     EISSN: 10295399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14775080500223165     Document Type: Article

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